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Kagurabachi, vol. 1 | Review
A young swordsmith engages sorcerers and the Yakuza in this tale of revenge.
A Tribute to Akira Toriyama (1955-2024)
On the early morning of March 8, 2024, the anime, manga, and video game community was rocked by the news of the passing of Akira Toriyama. Toriyama-sensei, the creator of the world famous Dragon Ball series, passed away on March 1 at the age of 68. I personally feel that another part of my childhood […]
Yen to Publish Middle-Grade Light Novels; New ‘Avatar’ OGN on the Way | News
Yen Press breaks new ground with graphic novels for kids, Dark Horse announces a new Avatar: The Last Airbender graphic novel, and Viz offers a preview of its Star Wars: The Mandalorian manga.
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Secret Reverse | Review
In Yu-Gi-Oh! creator Kazuki Takahashi's Secret Reverse, Iron Man and Spider-Man find themselves at a Japanese gaming convention, ground zero for an extra-dimensional invasion.
The Elusive Samurai, vol. 1 | Review
A young heir must fight to survive and take back his throne by doing what he does best - run away!
Review: ‘The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap/Phantom Hourglass’
The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap/Phantom Hourglass Writer/artist: Akira Himekawa Viz Media; $17.99 Rated A for All Ages The latest game in Nintendo’s Legend of Zelda franchise, Breath of The Wild, was released in March, leading to the regular, periodic spike in interest of all things Zelda. That might explain why Viz has been […]
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Review: ‘Anonymous Noise’
Anonymous Noise, Vol. 1 Writer/artist: Ryoko Fukuyama Viz; $9.99 Rated T for Teen Nino Arisugawa has a great voice—and lousy luck with friends. As a child, she shared her love of singing with her next door neighbor Momo…until he suddenly disappeared, his family having skipped town without even giving her a chance to say goodbye. […]
Preview: Voltron: From Days of Long Ago
This preview is unusual: It’s the beginning of the end of the Voltron story. The original Voltron cartoon show turned 30 this year, and Viz put out a special anniversary book, Voltron: From Days of Long Ago, to celebrate; I interviewed the editors at Robot 6, and we mentioned it in our gift guide as […]
Review: My Love Story!! Vol. 1
My Love Story !! Vol. 1 Written by Kazune Kawahara Art by Aruko Viz; $10 Rated T for Teen High School Debut‘s Kazune Kawahara joins forces with artist Aruko for this refreshingly unusual rom-com manga about a love triangle that only exists in the main character’s head. That character is Takeo, a big, huge, manly-man […]
Interview: Writer Joel Enos talks Ben 10
Last year, Viz announced that it would publish graphic novels based on Ben 10, the Cartoon Network show, and the third of these, Ben 10: Parallel Paradox, was published under Viz’s Perfect Square imprint in April—we ran a preview of it back then. Parallel Paradox brings back Elena Validus, a character from Ben’s past, and […]
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